Office building Conrad am Platz

Urban Architecture with Vision

Project

New construction of an office building

Programme

Office spaces, gastronomy and underground parking garage

Type

New building

Status

Designed

Category

Office & Commercial

Client

Bauunternehmung Granit GmbH

Location

Graz, Austria

Net Floor Area

approx. 11,500 m²

Construction costs

not disclosed

Architecture

sipa architecture and a2o2 arhitekti

Team

Davor Podbregar, Špela Zupan Podbregar, Žiga Ravnikar, Eva Senekovič, Andraž Keršič, Klara Bohinc, Aljoša Potočnik, Uršula Novak

Planning / Execution

2023

Project Stages

Competition

Visualizations

a2o2 arhitekti

Architectural Model

Architekturmodellbau Prepadnik

Project

New construction of an office building

Status

Designed

Category

Office & Commercial

Programme

Office spaces, gastronomy and underground parking garage

Client

Bauunternehmung Granit GmbH

Location

Graz, Austria

Net Floor Area

approx. 11,500 m²

Construction costs

not disclosed

Architecture

sipa architecture and a2o2 arhitekti

Team

Davor Podbregar, Špela Zupan Podbregar, Žiga Ravnikar, Eva Senekovič, Andraž Keršič, Klara Bohinc, Aljoša Potočnik, Uršula Novak

Planning / Execution

2023

Architectural Model

Architekturmodellbau Prepadnik

Impressions

A massive block along Conrad-von-Hötzendorf-Straße would sever the urban fabric, block views, and limit daylight. Accordingly, the design introduces a lowered central lamella and lifted volumes, applying a solid-and-void principle. This dynamic articulation opens the city space, improves daylight, and sets striking height accents. An emphasized vertical at the square acts as a clear urban marker and creates a lively center. Clearly structured work areas offer wide views and comfortable workplaces. Incised roof terraces and green roofs are directly accessed and activated as high-quality outdoor rooms. At ground level, an open zone integrates the public program, while the upper floors are organized into four functional segments. With a plot extension, the vertical at Stadionplatz can be raised and the development density further optimized, adding office space and a distinctive high point. The public space ranges from the new square – merging with Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz – to a quiet park along the railway. Retained trees, dense planting, and broad passages create fluid transitions from street through square to park. A new pedestrian- and cycle-underpass ties the site closely into the city. The lowered middle band maintains view corridors, while the raised edges frame entrances and create sheltered forecourts.

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